ESSENTIAL SERVICE: The Rhode Island Free Clinic has provided more than 40,000 free patient visits to uninsured, low-income adults over the last five years. CEO Marie Ghazal, right, speaks with primary care provider Marina Rodriguez, center, and psychiatric clinical nurse specialist Sylvia Weber. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
PBN Business Excellence Awards 2020 Excellence at a Social Service Agency: Rhode Island Free Clinic EVEN AFTER EXPERIENCING “significant disruption” this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rhode Island Free Clinic has remained a lifeline for thousands of uninsured Rhode Islanders. In response to the public health crisis, the clinic quickly shifted to offer…